{"id":48579,"date":"2023-12-04T17:27:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/cpj-welcomes-conviction-of-death-squad-driver-in-murder-of-deyda-hydara"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:17:45","slug":"cpj-welcomes-conviction-of-death-squad-driver-in-murder-of-deyda-hydara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cpj-welcomes-conviction-of-death-squad-driver-in-murder-of-deyda-hydara","title":{"rendered":"CPJ welcomes conviction of death squad driver in murder of Deyda Hydara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Thursday\u2019s conviction in Germany of a member of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s death squad for the 2004 murder of Gambian editor Deyda Hydara.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe German court\u2019s conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment of death squad driver Bai Lowe is an important first step for the family of Deyda Hydara and all those seeking justice and accountability for the crimes against humanity perpetrated by then Gambian president Jahya Jammeh and his murderous \u2018junglers\u2019,\u201d said Angela Quintal, CPJ\u2019s Africa program coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Jammeh, not only his foot soldiers, must stand trial for his reign of terror. Justice will only prevail when Jammeh is extradited from his exile in Equatorial Guinea and faces charges in Gambia\u2019s special criminal court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A German regional court found Lowe guilty of crimes against humanity, murder, and attempted murder for his role as a driver for Jammeh\u2019s so-called junglers under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows a country to prosecute crimes against humanity regardless of where they were committed. Lowe was the first person accused of human rights violations during Jammeh\u2019s dictatorship to be tried outside Gambia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Thursday\u2019s conviction in Germany of a member of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s death squad for the 2004 murder of Gambian editor Deyda Hydara. \u201cThe German court\u2019s conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment of death squad driver Bai Lowe is an important first step for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-48579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CPJ welcomes conviction of death squad driver in murder of Deyda Hydara - 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